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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Health Information for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Health Information Management is the 251st most popular major in the country with 3,317 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Utah, there were 329 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 314 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,652 and $24,483 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Health Information for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in health information management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health information management programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the health information management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Health Information for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for utah bachelor’s degree vets studying health information.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Weber State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Health Information for a Bachelor’s list. WSU is a large school located in Ogden, Utah that handed out 22 bachelors’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
WSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah” list.Among the 29,596 students enrolled at WSU, 747 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 472 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,815. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. WSU offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full WSU Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Governors University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Health Information for a Bachelor’s list. Western Governors University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 292 bachelors’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
WGU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah” list.Our most recent data shows that 8,828 of the 147,866 students enrolled at WGU were GI Bill® students, of which 5,287 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,681. In addition to receiving other benefits, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. WGU offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Western Governors University]](/colleges/western-governors-university/student-life/veterans/)
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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